A pretty close game 1 butween two offensive teams. Was pretty close, and up and down the whole way. The Mavericks had a lot of good performances. Perkins has 23/15, Agguire had 26/12/5, Tarpley had 17/14, and Blackman added 21 though he struggled from the field. English lost the game 1 battle with Agguire finishing with 23/14/5 but shooting only 10/24. Nuggets had 5 other player in double figures.